some weirdo e-mailed me saying that i was good friends with his friend’s girlfriend in elementary, and if that wasn’t enough information to figure out who he’s talking about, to slice open a dove and read it’s spleen.
what the hell does that mean?
if wishes were fishes, we could walk on the ocean.
I dunno, but I’m cutting up one of them pigeons as we speak, just to find out.
Coldfire
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"You know how complex women are"
Some kind of wierd inside joke that you were not a party to? Maybe it’s someone who knows you really well and is just attempting to be clever?
I think that the overall reference, of sacrificing a bird in order to gain insight, is about “haruspication”, or more precisely, “the ancient art of investigating the entrails of birds in order to see what the future holds”, according to Jerry Huckaby’s–Literary Lesson. In other words, “reading the entrails”.
I agree with SwimmingRiddles that it probably was meant as an inside reference, although saying something like “look at the stars for knowledge” would have conveyed the same sort of allusion to ancient oracles, without being quite so graphic.
This is absurd. Everyone knows that the only reliable way to fortell the future is through the color, direction and frequency of lightning strikes.
Sheesh – have we forgotten everything the Etruscans taught us?
The best lack all conviction
The worst are full of passionate intensity.
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The Greeks and Romans were really big on this. It was standard practice to cut open a pigeon or othe small bird and examine the entrails. Sort of an old-fashioned horoscope.
The reference to “spleen” isn’t exactly true. The Greek word “thumos” is often translated as “spleen”, which isn’t really what they meant back 2000 years ago when they used the word. They believed there was an organ in one’s trunk that was the center of a person’s thoughts - ie, a sort of a mind/soul combination. This was the “thumos.” As this organ doesn’t really exist, it often gets translated as “spleen.”
Athena - puttin’ that useless Greek/Latin degree to work
Well?
“I thought: opera, how hard can it be? Songs. Pretty girls dancing. Nice scenery. Lots of people handing over cash. Got to be better than the cut-throat world of yoghurt, I thought.” - Seldom Bucket
Boy, what a stench! Nest time I’ll pick a pigeon that didn’t take a two week nap in the gutter before I cut it up.
Anyway Moosie, it says: “Beware of Canadian Women, for they shall…”. I can’t make out the rest of it since it’s rotten away. What do you think it’s trying to tell me?
Coldfire
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"You know how complex women are"
You know, Coldfire, you used to irritate me ;), but I gotta say you get funnier and funnier. kisses
trisha
Thanks, I guess… However: I used to irritate you? But… how? I’m such an innocent little lad!
(Oh, and sorry mega, for using your thread space inappropriately. I still think about you every morning though 
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Coldfire
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"You know how complex women are"
Lordy, lordy what the hell did you sniff from inside that bird. Innocent? Puleeeez
We are, each of us angels with only one wing,and we can only fly by embracing one another
100% off-topic question for you, Athena…
I need help with Latin. Ok, we all know “cogito ergo sum” means “I think, therefore I am” more or less.
Joe Cool
The only thing I remember from two years in Latin class: Semper ubi sub ubi.
And that’s not even good grammer!
And here I thought there were disgusting things in my ice cream bar.
So what did you do to your friend’s girlfriend’s friend?
Oh wait! We’ve discovered the original FOF
“Non multum cogito, ergo non essem.”
“Made in Taiwan.”
– Sylence
“Excuse me, are you reading Torah and eating crayons?”
Thanks so much. You rule.
That’s probably going to be my new sig line.
Joe Cool
okay, so i found out who these people are.
yay for me.
if wishes were fishes, we could walk on the ocean.
Did you find out by successfully reading the dove’s spleen, or through some other means?
after the ninth dove or so, and still no answer, i decided to just read the e-mail that was sent to me, explaining it all.
i know.
i’m such a lazy girl.
if wishes were fishes, we could walk on the ocean.